Dale Steyn

Dale Steyn

Personal information
Full name	Dale Willem Steyn
Born	27 June 1983 (1983-06-27) (age 37) Phalaborwa, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Nickname	Steyn Remover, Steyn Gun, Phalaborwa Express
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Batting style	Right handed
Bowling style	Right arm fast
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	South Africa
Test debut (cap 297)	17 December 2004 v England
Last Test	5 January 2018 v India
ODI debut (cap 82)	17 August 2005 v Asia XI
Last ODI	12 October 2016 v Australia
ODI shirt no.	8
T20I debut (cap 31)	23 November 2007 v New Zealand
Last T20I	28 March 2016 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2003–2004	Northerns
2004–2010	Titans
2005	Essex
2007	Warwickshire
2008–2010	Royal Challengers Bangalore (squad no. 2)
2011–2012	Deccan Chargers (squad no. 8)
2010–2016	Cape Cobras (squad no. 8)
2012	Brisbane Heat (squad no. 1)
2013–2015	Sunrisers Hyderabad (squad no. 8)
2016	Gujarat Lions
2017–present	Titans
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	T20I	FC
Matches	86	116	42	129
Runs scored	1,178	298	15	1,686
Batting average	14.19	8.27	3.00	14.28
100s/50s	0/2	0/0	0/0	0/4
Top score	76	35	5	82
Balls bowled	17,391	5,821	901	25.111
Wickets	419	180	58	578
Bowling average	22.32	26.62	17.39	23.29
5 wickets in innings	26	3	0	34
10 wickets in match	5	0	0	7
Best bowling	7/51	6/39	4/9	8/41
Catches/stumpings	23/0	26/0	11/0	29/0
Source: Cricinfo, 11 March 2018

Dale Willem Steyn (born 27 June 1983) is a South African cricketer who plays in Tests, T20 Internationals and One Day International cricket for South Africa. Steyn plays domestic cricket in South Africa for Titans. He is a right-arm fast bowler, and can bowl at speeds of around 145–156 km/h (his fastest being recorded at 156.2 km/h during the 2010 IPL, Bangalore Royal Challengers against Kolkata Knight Riders). His fastest ball in international cricket was clocked at 155.7 km/h (96.8 mph) against New Zealand, making him tied for 4th fastest active bowler with Lasith Malinga as of 3 January 2015. Steyn held the record for the fastest South African to reach 100 wickets in Test Match cricket, a feat he achieved on 2 March 2008. Before Ravichandran Ashwin broke the record, Steyn held the record of taking the most number of wickets – 78 – in a home season, 2007–08.

Steyn is widely regarded as the best fast bowler of his generation and also one of the greatest test bowlers of all time. He currently has the best bowling strike rate of all time in Test match cricket (amongst bowlers who have bowled a minimum of 10,000 deliveries). Steyn achieved a tally of 78 wickets at an average of 16.24 in Season 2007/08 and was subsequently rewarded with the prestigious ICC 2008 Test Cricketer of the Year Award. He was named one of the |Wisden cricketers of the year in 2013.

He was named Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for the year 2013 in 2014 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.

Steyn dominated the number one spot in the ICC test rankings during the peak of his career, for a record 263 weeks between 2008 and 2014. Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan sits next on the list with 214 weeks. In terms of days, Steyn has spent 2,356 days at the top as of 6 October 2016, the most by any bowler since World War II. In October 2012, former South African test cricketer Allan Donald called the South African pace attack, which Steyn was part of, alongside Vernon Philander and Morne Morkel, the best South Africa has ever produced. Steyn played a cameo as himself in the 2014 Hollywood film Blended.

International five-wicket hauls

Test Cricket

Test Five-wicket hauls of Dale Steyn
#	Match Figures	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Season
1	5/47	4	New Zealand	Centurion, South Africa	SuperSport Park	2005/06
2	5/82	8	Sri Lanka	Colombo, Sri Lanka	P Sara Oval	2006
3	5/56	12	Pakistan	Karachi, Pakistan	National Stadium	2006/07
4	5/34	14	New Zealand	Johannesburg, South Africa	Wanderers Stadium	2007/08
5	5/59	14	New Zealand	Johannesburg, South Africa	Wanderers Stadium	2007/08
6	6/49	15	New Zealand	Centurion, South Africa	SuperSport Park	2007/08
7	6/72	18	West Indies	Durban, South Africa	Kingsmead	2007/08
8	5/23	22	India	Ahmedabad, India	Sardar Patel Stadium	2007/08
9	5/63	25	Bangladesh	Bloemfontein, South Africa	OUTsurance Oval	2008/09
10	5/87	28	Australia	Melbourne, Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2008/09
11	5/67	28	Australia	Melbourne, Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2008/09
12	5/51	35	England	Johannesburg, South Africa	Wanderers Stadium	2009/10
13	7/51	37	India	Nagpur, India	VCA Stadium	2009/10
14	5/29	38	West Indies	Port of Spain, West Indies	Queen's Park Oval	2010
15	6/50	45	India	Durban, South Africa	Kingsmead	2010/11
16	5/75	46	India	Cape Town, South Africa	Newlands	2010/11
17	5/73	50	Sri Lanka	Durban, South Africa	Kingsmead	2011/12
18	5/56	55	England	London, England	The Oval	2012
19	5/17	62	New Zealand	Port Elizabeth, South Africa	St George's Park	2013
20	6/8	63	Pakistan	Johannesburg, South Africa	Wanderers Stadium	2013
21	5/52	63	Pakistan	Johannesburg, South Africa	Wanderers Stadium	2013
22	6/100	69	India	Durban, South Africa	Kingsmead Sahara Stadium	2013
23	5/54	73	Sri Lanka	Galle, Sri Lanka	Galle	2014
24	5/46	75	Zimbabwe	Harare, Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	2014
25	6/34	76	West Indies	Centurion, South Africa	SuperSport Park	2014/15
26	5/33	84	New Zealand	Centurion, South Africa	SuperSport Park	2016

Test Ten-wicket hauls of Dale Steyn
#	Match Figures	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Season
1	10/93	14	New Zealand	Johannesburg, South Africa	Wanderers Stadium	2007/08
2	10/91	15	New Zealand	Centurion, South Africa	SuperSport Park	2007/08
3	10/154	28	Australia	Melbourne, Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2008/09
4	10/108	37	India	Nagpur, India	Vidarbha Cricket Ass. Stadium	2009/10
5	11/60	63	Pakistan	Johannesburg, South Africa	Wanderers Stadium	2013

External links

• Twitter
• Cricinfo
• Dale Steyn at Wisden India

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South Africa Squad 2011 Cricket World Cup
Smith (c) • Amla • de Villiers (wk) • Kallis • Steyn • Peterson • Tahir • Morkel • Botha • Ingram • Duminy • van Wyk (wk) • du Plessis • Tsotsobe • Parnell

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